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OT: We Pick Things Up And Put Them Down

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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,905

    @JohnInCarolina

    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,057
    @CTMike I hit "like" because of the succinct, clear explanation of what that big metal shaft is about. That's almost as impressive IMO. 

    That worker's story is  nothing short of tragic. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • Corv
    Corv Posts: 469
    Thank you. This is a fascinating and difficult story, probably like the engineering was to develop it.
    Does the capability now exist in the U.S. to make another rotor  if it should ever be necessary and the bearings?
    Somewhere on the Colorado Front Range
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,466
    Corv said:
    Thank you. This is a fascinating and difficult story, probably like the engineering was to develop it.
    Does the capability now exist in the U.S. to make another rotor  if it should ever be necessary and the bearings?
    This rotor was pulled as it is being replaced with a new one that was made in Schenectady, NY. 
    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

    RECOVERING BUBBLEHEAD
    Southeastern CT. 
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  • Elijah
    Elijah Posts: 791
    Floated using one of the smallest hydraulic pumps you've seen probably while on the lathe
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  • Mark_B_Good
    Mark_B_Good Posts: 1,622
    @CTMike ... faster than the speed of light?  I thought that was impossible? To reach the speed of light, any particle would require an infinite amount of energy to accelerate to that point.
    Napoleon Prestige Pro 665, XL BGE, Lots of time for BBQ!
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,466
    edited April 2022
    Mark_B_Good said:
    @CTMike ... faster than the speed of light?  I thought that was impossible? To reach the speed of light, any particle would require an infinite amount of energy to accelerate to that point.
    It is impossible to exceed the speed of light in the vacuum of space (300,000 km/second). The speed of light in water is much slower (225,000 km/second so 25% slower). Google Cherenkov radiation if you want to learn more. 
    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

    RECOVERING BUBBLEHEAD
    Southeastern CT. 
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,905
    CTMike said:
    Mark_B_Good said:
    @CTMike ... faster than the speed of light?  I thought that was impossible? To reach the speed of light, any particle would require an infinite amount of energy to accelerate to that point.
    It is impossible to exceed the speed of light in the vacuum of space (300,000 km/second). The speed of light in water is much slower (225,000 km/second so 25% slower). Google Cherenkov radiation if you want to learn more. 
    I already did. TLDR
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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